Re: [PATCH net-next] ppp: build ifname using unit identifier for rtnl based devices

2016-08-09 Thread David Miller
From: Guillaume Nault Date: Tue, 9 Aug 2016 15:12:26 +0200 > Userspace programs generally need to know the name of the ppp devices > they create. Both ioctl and rtnl interfaces use the ppp sheme > to name them. But although the suffix used by the ioctl interface can > be known by userspace (it's

[PATCH net-next] ppp: build ifname using unit identifier for rtnl based devices

2016-08-09 Thread Guillaume Nault
Userspace programs generally need to know the name of the ppp devices they create. Both ioctl and rtnl interfaces use the ppp sheme to name them. But although the suffix used by the ioctl interface can be known by userspace (it's the PPP unit identifier returned by the PPPIOCGUNIT ioctl), the one u